IT総合 Black senators voice concerns over impact of tech layoffs on minority workers
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have written to the US Acting Secretary of Labor expressing concerns over the ...
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IT総合 IT総合 Tech’s DEI backlash is here
The backlash is only set to heat up come the 2024 election.
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IT総合 Softbank sells Open Opportunity Fund to Black and Latino executives
The Japanese conglomerate is selling the Open Opportunity Fund to its chairman Paul Judge, and Marcelo Claure, who's bei...
IT総合 Black British founders are down but not out
Black people make up 2.5% of the U.K.’s population; proper representation in venture would mean at least 2.5% of funds ...
IT総合 VC Office Hours: Unlocking LPs in a bear market
Gale Wilkinson just closed a $23.4 million fund after two years of raising. She shares her advice for unlocking LPs.
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IT総合 Did you attend Google’s K&I Black Summit this summer?
If you or a loved one attended this Summit please, let's get brunch.
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IT総合 VC Office Hours: Unlocking the Farmers’ Market with Black Farmer Fund
The fund is technically a nonprofit with a debt fund attached.
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IT総合 Fearless Fund grant program was already ‘at risk’ before lawsuit
A leaked document shines new light on the fund's relationship with Mastercard and the embattled grant program.
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IT総合 Founders: Pay attention to what happened with OpenAI’s board
Though no one knows precisely what happened, a common theory is that Altman’s for-profit efforts became at odds with the...
IT総合 Owning the earscape market with Lisa Bubbers and Anna Harman from Studs
Welcome back to Found, where we get to the stories behind the startups. This week Becca and Dom are joined by Lisa Bubbe...
IT総合 Female Founders Fund looks to raise $75 million for new fund
The Fund was founded in 2014 to back female-founded companies at an early stage.
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IT総合 Tech Spark AI raises $1.4 million to create ChatGPT alternative
Tamar Huggins created the platform with her 13-year-old daughter, and hopes to target the Black Gen Z community.
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IT総合 CPG manufacturing platform Keychain raises $18 million
Keychain seeks to use artificial intelligence to help brands find their perfect manufacturing partners.
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IT総合 Black founders still care for Silicon Valley Bank
The bank has been working hard to rebuild trust among Black founders.
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IT総合 Nex Cubed partners with HBCU.vc to launch scout program
HBCU.vc said it hopes the partnership leads to more opportunities for HBCU students and alumni to tap into tech.
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IT総合 Investors are split on whether California’s diversity bill will make an impact
Even with some criticisms, most VC think that the state's effort to track diversity data is worth it.
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IT総合 Black founders received 0.13% of capital this Q3
Funding to Black founders is only getting worse after the promises made in 2020.
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IT総合 The fight for venture equality heads to court
Equity won't come just via a gesture of goodwill; it now must be ratified in the courts.
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IT総合 Q3 data for women is just more of the same
Whether the news is good or bad depends on how you see water poured midway through a cup.
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IT総合 New York VC firms form alliance to back diversity
The Alliance encourages firms and investors to collect diversity data and increase the number of women and minorities hi...
IT総合 Investors suggest funds prepare for the fallout of the Fearless Fund lawsuit, not worry about it
To find out how the industry is reacting to this decision, TechCrunch+ spoke with one founder and four fund managers at ...
IT総合 California passes law mandating VC firms to release investments’ diversity information
This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landsca...
IT総合 Fearless Fund barred from awarding grant to Black women founders
Experts and venture industry insiders following the Fearless Fund case remain dumbfounded as it continues to unfold.
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IT総合 VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing
Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future.
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IT総合 Should VCs back the FTC suit against Amazon?
Which do you prefer: Regulators working to contain market power or a potential ceiling being set on exit values for the ...
IT総合 Bootstrapping is cool once again
Network or no, startup founders are increasingly having to figure out sources of financing that's not venture capital.
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IT総合 What’s the best way to run a startup in a world full of advice?
There exist myriad answers to the question of ‘how to found your first startup.’ But which of those answers apply to you...
IT総合 Communia hopes to build a digital safe space for women
Olivia Deramus' company Communia competes in TechCrunch's Battlefield 200, with the mission to create a safe digital spa...
IT総合 Inside Kinhub’s plan to democratize employee wellness
Kinhub, a B2B SaaS platform powered by AI, seeks to democratize access to coaching and wellness support for employees.
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IT総合 New California law would force firms to report diversity metrics
The bill requires venture capital firms operating in California to report the diversity breakdown of the founders they f...